I was hoping Nolan and Co. would learn from their mistakes on Batman Begins (a movie I would give a C-). However, casting Ledger as the Joker leads me to believe they haven't.

Paraphrasing a classic cliche, one person's mistake is another person's masterpiece

... not mine though, as I gave Batman Begins four-out-of-five stars. Very Good but not Excellent and sadly not enough to wash the fecal tastes of Joel Schumacher out of my proverbial mouth. I'll keep my fingers crossed for this new Joker though. You know what they say; don't knock it till you've tried it!

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For me, nothing beats the television series "Batman" with Cesar Romero as The Joker.

"Who are you?""I'm Cesar Chavez.""Why do you look like Cesar Romero?""Because you don't know what Cesar Chavez looks like."

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"Don't make me stain my last clean shirt with the back of your head." - Shatter Dead"A grizzly bear with a chainsaw. Now THERE's a killing machine!" - The Simpsons"I've always wanted to make love to an angry welder." - Jaws: the Revenge

I'm not sure how Ledger will do either, I don't dislike him as an actor but he wouldn't have been my first choice either. I really enjoyed Batman Begins, I thought it was a great way to breathe some life into what was quickly becoming a bad series.

I did prefer Nicholson's Joker to any others, but I have a soft spot for old Jack.

Indeed it was. DC actually put out a very good one-shot a year or two ago about the Joker's origins titled "<u>The Man Who Laughs</u>" acknowledging the movie's influence on Mr. Kane.

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"Don't make me stain my last clean shirt with the back of your head." - Shatter Dead"A grizzly bear with a chainsaw. Now THERE's a killing machine!" - The Simpsons"I've always wanted to make love to an angry welder." - Jaws: the Revenge